The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1887-01-29

arrangements with the planters
for right of way. He interviewed
ex-Gov. Alcorn and made every
thing satisfactory for a passage
through his premises. He says
the road will parallel the narrow
gauge to this point from some
point at or near Glendale, thence |
to Dublin, thence to Honey Island,
a point twelve miles from Green.
wood on Yazoo river where it will |
iDtersect the road from Yazoo City |
which has just been completed.
Maj. Martin was suffering from a
severe cold and malaria while here |
and was compelled to return to
his home to recuperate. His sur.
veyors have gone on through and
will in all probability be through
ere he returns.
The question of enforcing the
mandamus upon the Board of
Supervisors of this county re-
quiring them to order an election
for the qualified electors to decide
whether the county site should
be removed, was heard and argued
before Judge j. II. Wynn, of the
Circuit Court, on last Wednesday.
The decision of Judge Wynn sus.
tanned the action of the Board
of Supervisors, holding that there
was no valid law to enforce such
action. This action is to be fol-
lowed at once by the parties in
favor of removal with an appeal
to the Supreme Court, and the
matter will now rest until we hear
what action the chief tribunal of
the State will take on lt.-Friars
Point Gazette.
The certain completion of the
Georgia Pacific within the next
ninety days with the vast inumer-
able benefits accruing therefrom
for Columbus together with the
projected scheme for a railroad
from this place to intersect the
Kansas City Road at point some.
where east of Aberdeen, "a New
York company having already
been formed, we learn, with a cap.
ital Of one million dollars to build
iN and numerous other railroad
projects, has turned the attention
of capital to our town.
Real estate has advanced in
value fully fifty per cent, within
the past few days and large
number of transactions have taken
place. A Land and Improvement
Company, with an authorized cap,
ital of 100000 have applied for a
charter. Several smaller Land
and Manufacturing Companies
have located here within the past
week. The capital for a soap fac
tory has already been subscribed,
and are ready to begin work al
once. Our banks report nearly a
million dollars on deposit subject
to check, and heavier business
than before. There is a regular
rush for cheap surburban proper
ty and the old towns dry bones
promise to be well shaken up
Columbus Dispatch.
The bold river buccaneers who
last Friday stole Mr.. Thidibeau's
cotton from Adams Ldg. were
captured last evening near Red
wood and were brought to this
city where they were placed in
Jail. The cotton had been placed
on the bank at Adams Ldg. fol
the steamer Lake Washington ant
was stolen and boldly carriet
away from the landing by tive
river pirates in large yawl. Th'
robbery was discovered when th,
steamer put in to get Mr.. Thibi
f deau's cotton, of which ther,
{ should have been sixteen bales
! Two bales were missing and th'
. yawPs crew we're at once suspect
} ed. The Lake Washington over
0 hauled the water thieves a
t night.
:, A well informed gentleman jus
from Kinds county informs us tha
7 the plantations recently deserte
by the negroes are rapidly secul
: ing all the laborers their owner
. can supply with food and emplo,
U ment. The Sivly plantation, a yer
fine one, which was totally bare
II few weeks ago, now has on it thi
. ty families of the best class {
y negroes. The same is true of tb
u Moss place, now owned by M
u Lewis, of Edwards. Our inform
. ant thinks by planting time thel
IL will be very little complaint of
o scarcity of laber. He says ii
y planters procure laborers fro
s. Georgia aud in some cases, whit
a persons will work on the small,
10 places. 1t is just as We said at IL
% beginning of the so-calIed exodu